SpaceX Crew-9
SpaceX Crew-9 is planned to be the ninth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the 15th overall crewed orbital flight. The mission is planned to launch no earlier than August 2024.
Artists' impression of a Crew Dragon approaching the forward port of Harmony on the ISS. | |
| Names | USCV-9 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Mission duration | 180 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Dragon 2 |
| Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | Q3 2024 (planned) |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | Q1 2025 (planned) |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony' Forward or zenith |
| Docking date | Q3 2024 (planned) |
| Undocking date | Q1 2025 (planned) |
| Time docked | 180 days (planned) |
SpaceX Crew-9 mission patch (L-R) Wilson, Gorbunov, Hague and Cardman | |
The Crew-9 mission will transport four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). As of February 2024, three NASA astronauts, Zena Cardman, Nick Hague, and Stephanie Wilson, and one Roscosmos cosmonaut, Aleksandr Gorbunov, have been assigned to the mission.
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